CANADA VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		CANADA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	45,846	1	40,063	+ 5,783
Stroke	2	13,148	5	14,159	- 1,010
War	3	12,615	65	21	+ 12,594
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,809	7	7,431	- 2,622
Road Traffic Accidents	5	4,145	28	1,998	+ 2,148
Kidney Disease	6	3,786	14	4,578	- 792
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	3,505	36	840	+ 2,664
Congenital Anomalies	8	3,377	35	1,081	+ 2,296
Lung Cancers	9	3,329	3	20,937	- 17,608
Breast Cancer	10	3,174	8	5,910	- 2,736
Liver Disease	11	2,796	17	3,624	- 828
Low Birth Weight	12	2,685	42	553	+ 2,132
Lung Disease	13	2,603	4	14,212	- 11,609
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	2,521	2	30,970	- 28,449
Diabetes Mellitus	15	2,493	9	5,718	- 3,224
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,989	6	9,651	- 7,662
Asthma	17	1,711	49	262	+ 1,449
Lymphomas	18	1,344	10	5,146	- 3,802
Leukemia	19	1,294	21	3,098	- 1,804
Bladder Cancer	20	1,231	23	2,521	- 1,289
Birth Trauma	21	1,210	50	193	+ 1,017
Stomach Cancer	22	1,178	26	2,177	- 1,000
Hypertension	23	1,150	22	2,563	- 1,413
Other Injuries	24	847	24	2,392	- 1,545
Violence	25	722	40	605	+ 117
Endocrine Disorders	26	679	19	3,233	- 2,553
Pancreas Cancer	27	668	11	5,057	- 4,389
Prostate Cancer	28	657	13	4,711	- 4,054
Falls	29	623	12	4,829	- 4,207
Parkinson's Disease	30	597	18	3,359	- 2,762
Liver Cancer	31	596	20	3,113	- 2,517
Inflammatory/Heart	32	548	27	2,060	- 1,511
Suicide	33	541	15	4,417	- 3,876
Ovary Cancer	34	533	29	1,902	- 1,369
Meningitis	35	479	59	68	+ 411
Oral Cancer	36	470	32	1,592	- 1,122
Pertussis	37	470	69	1	+ 469
Skin Cancers	38	449	30	1,756	- 1,307
Drug Use	39	405	16	3,686	- 3,281
Drownings	40	350	48	283	+ 66
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	321	39	636	- 315
Cervical Cancer	42	306	41	578	- 272
Fires	43	291	52	192	+ 98
Uterin Cancer	44	237	34	1,183	- 946
Maternal Conditions	45	170	64	45	+ 125
Poisonings	46	159	56	121	+ 38
Oesophagus Cancer	47	158	25	2,230	- 2,071
Epilepsy	48	150	44	384	- 234
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	129	43	442	- 314
Encephalitis	50	125	68	3	+ 122
Malnutrition	51	118	51	192	- 74
Tetanus	52	93	71	0	+ 93
Alcohol	53	82	33	1,491	- 1,409
Appendicitis	54	59	62	49	+ 10
Syphilis	55	50	67	5	+ 45
Tuberculosis	56	38	58	97	- 59
Other Neoplasms	57	34	31	1,679	- 1,644
HIV/AIDS	58	24	53	163	- 139
Multiple Sclerosis	59	23	37	692	- 669
Schistosomiasis	60	18	78	0	+ 18
Skin Disease	61	13	38	679	- 666
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	11	47	322	- 312
Hepatitis B	63	8	60	66	- 58
Diphtheria	64	8	73	0	+ 8
Leishmaniasis	65	8	77	0	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	66	5	63	47	- 41
Ascariasis	67	2	82	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	68	1	45	363	- 362
Chlamydia	69	1	83	0	+ 1
Measles	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	8	- 8
Dengue	72	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	70	1	- 1
Malaria	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	57	118	- 118
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	46	343	- 343
Osteoarthritis	84	0	55	139	- 139
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	54	143	- 143
Oral conditions	86	0	61	51	- 51
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CANADA

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THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.